Agreed, getting good feedback is very important. Something that I think may have been mentioned here before (can’t remember the source) is the importance of having immediate feedback, whereas in many academic contexts feedback comes weeks after the submission of the work and rarely is specific.
Edit, Spelling.
Yes, don’t leave it to the professionals with a busy schedule to review your work—build a network of friends who are knowledgeable and interested enough in the subject matter to provide you with constructive and sympathetic (but lucid) observations.
LW functions almost as one such group—I’m tempted to write up a post setting out the rules in Richard Gabriel’s book now that the Discussion forum can serve as a lower-pressure environment where people could post pieces specifically for the purpose of getting useful feedback on their writing.
I’m tempted to write up a post setting out the rules in Richard Gabriel’s book now that the Discussion forum can serve as a lower-pressure environment where people could post pieces specifically for the purpose of getting useful feedback on their writing.
Agreed, getting good feedback is very important. Something that I think may have been mentioned here before (can’t remember the source) is the importance of having immediate feedback, whereas in many academic contexts feedback comes weeks after the submission of the work and rarely is specific. Edit, Spelling.
Yes, don’t leave it to the professionals with a busy schedule to review your work—build a network of friends who are knowledgeable and interested enough in the subject matter to provide you with constructive and sympathetic (but lucid) observations.
LW functions almost as one such group—I’m tempted to write up a post setting out the rules in Richard Gabriel’s book now that the Discussion forum can serve as a lower-pressure environment where people could post pieces specifically for the purpose of getting useful feedback on their writing.
Please do so.
Will do. I’m currently on vacation so that might not be until next month.
That would be useful.